2026 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference

March 15-17, 2026 • Jacksonville, FL

3/10/2025 | 10:35 AM - 11:05 AM | Collecting and Documenting Language Outcomes: Three Statewide Models | 317/318

Collecting and Documenting Language Outcomes: Three Statewide Models

Collecting and documenting language outcomes of all children statewide and/or all children within an early intervention program offers several key benefits. Specifically, program- and state-wide data can be used to evaluate program strengths and challenges, guide program development, inform professional preparation needs, and meet funding requirements. Additionally, combining outcome data with other information about children and families can reveal health disparities, helping to identify groups of children who are at increased risk for language delay. While many intervention and EHDI programs recognize the importance of collecting language outcome data, they may face uncertainty about how to implement such a process effectively. In this presentation, three states will share the models they developed that resulted in successfully collecting and documenting language outcomes statewide. By examining these different existing frameworks, intervention and EHDI programs can gain insights into steps that can be taken to make the process of collecting and tracking language outcomes manageable and effective.

Describe three possible models for collecting language outcomes across an early intervention program and/or state
Identify potential partners that can facilitate the collection of language outcomes
Describe three different approaches to incorporating language outcomes in the EHDI-IS

Presentation:
3545975_18260AllisonSedey.pdf

Handouts:
Handout is not Available

Transcripts:
CART transcripts are NOT YET available, but will be posted shortly after the conference

Presenters/Authors

Allison Sedey (Primary Presenter,Author), University of Colorado-Boulder, Allison.Sedey@colorado.edu;
Allison Sedey is a speech pathologist, audiologist, and researcher. She is currently the director of the Early Language Outcomes Lab (ELO) at the University of Colorado-Boulder and is the assessment and accountability coordinator for the early intervention outreach program at the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind. Dr. Sedey received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she studied language acquisition in children who are deaf/hard of hearing as well as in children who have Down syndrome. For the past 30 years, she has served as the director or project coordinator on a variety of grant-funded research projects examining predictors of language outcomes in young children who are deaf or hard of hearing.

ASHA DISCLOSURE:

Financial -
• Receives Grants for Independent contractor from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.

AAA DISCLOSURE:

Financial -
Financial relationship with University of Colorado-Boulder Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blinda.
Nature: Salary received from a Cooperative Agreement with the CDC at the time of this project.

Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.

Dana Hubbard (Co-Presenter,Co-Author), Louisiana EHDI Program, Dana.Hubbard@la.gov;
Dana Hubbard, MEd, is the program manager for the Louisiana Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (LA EHDI) program, housed in the Louisiana Department of Health. She has a background in speech and hearing, as well as human development and family science. Dana has over 20 years of extensive and varied experience as a certified teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing, which includes early intervention support and education to families and children birth to age 3 in the Part C system and state school for the Deaf, as well as classroom and individual instruction with students, and their families, from ages 3-22, itinerantly and as coordinator of a district program for students who are deaf or hard of hearing.